'—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. August 18,1984 2 Ida’s Notebook Ida Risser GO FOR THE EFFICIENC Y EDGE system Bonn THE NEWEST DIMENSION IN DAIRY MANAGEMENT— A system designed and built to combine the most innovative dairy automation with computerized dairy re cord keeping. k ~n AGRI-COMP 2020 COMPUTER The Bou-Matic System 2000 offers you a choice of „ three stages of dairy automation: automatic detachers, with Models available for either parlor or flat barn installations, the Model ‘M’ milk meter, a revolutionary metering device that monitors milk flow and pro vides individual production data, and the Agricomp 2020 computer, an on-farm management and re cord tool that offers a simple and efficient means of collecting and displaying dairy herd information See Your Nearest Bou-Motic Dealer or See Us At AG PROGRESS DAYS! J & R SERVICE, INC. 215 N. Cornwall Rd. Lebanon, Pa. 17042 717-273-6232 MENDENHALL DAIRY SUPPLY R.D. *4 Brookville, Pa. 15825 814-849-5539 W A J DAIRY SALES RD 2 Oxford, Pa. 19363 717-529-2569 \ * SEE US AT AG PROGRESS DAYS FOR DETAILS ON THE NEW BOU-MATIC 2030 COMPUTER I J i ft ||gr J ♦v Call or stop by for complete information on the System 2000 This summer we held our own small family reunion again. In the 1930’5, when my mother bought the farm on which we live, she planned a picnic along the bank of the Conestoga River in our meadow to celebrate her husband’s and her brother’s birthdays. They were both in July and therefore that is when we started our annual gatherings. Now both my father and uncle are gone but my sisters and I have continued the custom of meeting in a park or at someone’s home. By now my parents’ 19 grandchildren are quite scattered. Over half of them no longer live in Penn- A MODEL 2100DETACHEPI MODEL 2700 M OETACHER4 METER ■o= BOUMATIC A product of Dairy Equipment Company The Bou-Matic® Computerized Feed Management System Featuring: • 450 Cow Capacity. • Dual feed capability. • Touch panel keyboard. • Up to 12 feed periods/day. • Adjustable dispense rate. • Report on allotments, consumption and activity by cow, group or herd automatically or on demand. • State of the art data transmission. PAULR. LANDIS RD«2 Milton, Pa. 17847 717-437-2375 sylvania and so only seven were able to attend. But some of those attending now have families of their own and so our numbers are expanded by small children. As I only have four first cousins, ours is not the kind of reunion where one meets third and fourth cousins. We do not plan a program, but merely bring a lot of good food and than have time for catching up cm each others lives. We learn when weddings will be held, when babies are expected and who is traveling to Europe or to Canada this summer. Talking about traveling, my and I visited Cindy in Niles, Ohio this past weekend. Not only did we have a nice visit with her, but Philip drove east from Chicago and spent two days with us too. We attended her company picnic and heard a concert by Jim Nabors, who played Gomer Pyle on television, in the evening. The Pennsylvania and Ohio Turnpikes had a lot of traffic and the weather was damp to say the least. But being together was wonderful, even if we slept on the floor in our unfurnished apart ment. She has a nicely equipped kitchen and she served us won derful meals while we were there. j/- JONES DAIRY SERVICE Box 52, Fostertown Rd. Medford, NJ 08055 609-267-0198 SHENK’S FARM SERVICE 501 E. Woods Drive Lititz, PA 17543 717-626-1151 CUMBERLAND FARM A DAIRY SERVICE 4560 Dairy Road Chambertburg, PA 17201 717-263-0826